by Leo Tolstoy
9, 'Natasha in Disaster'
A serial reading by Eric Gillett
Natasha Rostov has been taken to the opera by Marya Dmitryevna. In the next box is Ellen, Pierre's wife, Ellen's brother, Anatole, and the dashing Dolohov, who fought a duel with Pierre, have caught Natasha's eye. The unreal atmosphere of the theatre seems to carry Natasha into a different world from the long months of waiting for Prince Andrew's return.